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A scale model of the sixth-generation stealth fighter developed as part of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom, 21 July 2026.
A scale model of the sixth-generation stealth fighter developed as part of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom, 21 July 2026.© Andrew Matthews/Press Association Images/MaxPPP

Italy, Japan, United Kingdom
GCAP officials warn engineers against taking work devices to US

Officials of the fighter jet joint venture between London, Rome and Tokyo are said to have specifically named the United States in warnings to staff about the dangers of travelling with professional laptops and phones.
LogoSubscribers only Defence 01.10.2026
The French Ministry of the Interior in Paris, 12 November 2024.
The French Ministry of the Interior in Paris, 12 November 2024.© Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Afghanistan, France
Interior ministry seeks to block visa granted to Afghan former spy in hiding

An Afghan former domestic intelligence officer, who has been in hiding from the Taliban since 2021 and is subject to a fatwa, has had his visa request rejected by the French interior ministry. A French court had earlier ruled in favour of issuing him a long-stay visa, which would open the door to seeking asylum.
LogoSubscribers only Agencies 01.10.2026
French President Emmanuel Macron walks past (L-R), Bosnia and Herzegovina's chairman of the Presidency Zeljko Komsic, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker at the European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen, on 2 October 2025.
French President Emmanuel Macron walks past (L-R), Bosnia and Herzegovina's chairman of the Presidency Zeljko Komsic, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker at the European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen, on 2 October 2025. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Spotlight | Azerbaijan, Europe, France, Kazakhstan
Usmanov delisted, Latvia's nuclear status confirmed, a pardon: France's intense diplomatic bartering revealed

Published on 23/09/26 at 12:37 GMT: A fierce diplomatic battle waged by Paris behind the scenes has resulted in the lifting of sanctions against Russian-Uzbek businessman Alisher Usmanov. But France's intense lobbying has revealed divisions and posturing both within the EU and French diplomacy. Intelligence Online has the inside story.
LogoSubscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 23.09.2026
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, of which Argus Space AG is a part, on 16 June 2025.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, of which Argus Space AG is a part, on 16 June 2025. © Imago/Joko via Reuters Connect

China, Europe
The Swiss loophole: how the EU struggles to protect sensitive space research from Beijing

The European Union excluded China and its researchers from its space research funding in late 2025. However, given that Brussels-funded projects on 6G research involve Chinese researchers based in Switzerland, that ban appears far from watertight.
LogoSubscribers only Operations, Defence, Space 14.09.2026

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